Drilling Industry Glossary
magnetometer
make a connection
make up
make up a joint
make up torque
make up water: chlorides
making a trip
making hole
making up a joint
marsh viscosity
MD
mean sea level (MSL)
mechanical jar
methylene blue
micro-annulus
migration
mixing mud
monkey board
mouse hole
mud
mud alkalinity
mud cake
mud ditch
mud engineer
mud line
mud magnet
mud pump
mud report
mud tanks
mud type
mud weight
Mud Engineer
A mud engineer (correctly called a Drilling Fluids Engineer, but most often referred to as the "Mud Man") works on an oil well or gas well drilling rig and is responsible for ensuring the properties of the drilling fluid, also known as drilling mud, are within designed specifications.
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